SHBHDES003 — Create finished hair designs

Elements & performance criteria

Performance evidence

• consult with at least six clients and complete a pre-service analysis covering the following characteristics to design and recommend appropriate finished hair designs:
• facial features and bone structure
• natural hair type
• hair texture
• growth patterns
• movement
• length and structure of haircut
• style and finish hair for the above six clients to their satisfaction, and cumulatively style and finish hair of these lengths and haircut structures:
• short
• shoulder length
• below shoulder length
• solid form
• layered
• graduated
• combination of structures
• use these tools and techniques, cumulatively across the suite of clients:
• blow drying using brushes to create curl, wave or volume
• blow drying using brushes to straighten or smooth hair
• using thermal tools to straighten hair
• using thermal tools for curl or texture
• applying rollers to set hair
• use these finishing techniques, cumulatively across the suite of clients:
• brushing
• dry moulding
• placing
• backcombing
• smoothing over backcombing
• applying fixing products.

Knowledge evidence

• key characteristics and interrelationships of the elements and principles of hair design and use in creating finished hairstyle effects;
• elements of hair design:
• line
• shape
• direction
• size
• texture
• colour
• principles of hair design:
• balance
• gradation
• repetition
• contrast
• harmony
• dominance
• unity
• different facial shapes and hair designs which best complement particular shapes
• characteristics of the following hair features, how these will impact on finished hairstyles and appropriate designs for best outcomes:
• natural hair types:
• European
• Asian
• Euro-Asian
• African
• hair texture:
• coarse
• medium
• fine
• hair movement:
• straight
• wavy
• natural curl
• chemical curl or waves
• hair length and haircut structure:
• short
• shoulder length
• below shoulder length
• solid form
• layered
• graduated
• combination of structures
• natural distribution and growth patterns of hair:
• crown area
• hairline
• neckline
• cowlicks (whorls)
• effects of thermal tools on hair condition and structure and ways to maintain the integrity of hair during styling
• effects of humidity on finished hairstyles
• key features of the organisation’s styling and finishing products range:
• product purpose and suitability for different types of hair
• action on the hair
• application instructions
• processing times, if applicable
• industry practices and organisational procedures for:
• client comfort and safety with particular emphasis on:
• using gown and towels to protect client clothes
• avoiding product contact with eyes
• monitoring use of heated tools to avoid client burns
• work health and safety for providing hair styling services, with particular emphasis on:
• safe use of electrical hair styling equipment
• using correct posture and adjusting height of client chair to avoid fatigue and injury
• using correct techniques to hold, grip and manipulate styling tools to avoid fatigue and injury
• minimising wastage of styling and finishing products
• waste disposal with particular emphasis on environmentally sound disposal methods for styling and finishing products and containers.

Foundation skills

• Reading skills to:: interpret sometimes unfamiliar and detailed documents including organisational procedures and product instructions.
• Oral communication skills to:: ask open and closed probe questions and actively listen to effectively interact with client and meet their needs clearly represent hair designs to clients.
• Planning and organising skills to:: manage own timing and productivity to complete hair designs within organisational service times.

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